Strategy Listening Session Transcript and Slides Now Available; Register for Health Equity Roundtable

Listening Session Transcript and Slides Now Available; Register for Health Equity Roundtable On Thursday, November 18, the CMS Innovation Center held the first listening session for the Center’s recently released strategy. A transcript of the session, including remarks from speakers across the nation’s health care system, and session slides are now available. The CMS Innovation Center strategy team would like to offer a sincere thank you to attendees who submitted questions and comments during the session, as well as via the CMMIStrategy@cms.hhs.gov mailbox. Your feedback is being used to inform our work moving forward and our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document. The FAQ document will continue to be updated on a rolling basis as more information from the CMS Innovation Center becomes available. Next up, the CMS Innovation Center invites you to join a special roundtable discussion about how the Center can execute on its strategic objective to Advance Health Equity on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from 1:30-3:00 pm ET. Register here. The roundtable will be an opportunity to hear from thought leaders in the areas of health equity and health care about their perspectives about the following three questions: What approaches or interventions should the CMS Innovation Center prioritize when building models to eliminate health inequities? CMS is currently exploring options for expanding collection of self-reported demographic and social needs data. What could the CMS Innovation Center do to support collection of self-reported data? What are successful approaches for such collection? What are the most significant obstacles for safety net providers who want to participate in a CMS Innovation Center or another value-based, accountable care model, and how do you recommend the CMS Innovation Center help these providers overcome these obstacles? To learn more about the CMS Innovation Center’s new strategy and the future of value-based care: Visit the CMS Innovation Center Strategic Direction webpage See the recently released CMS Innovation Center Strategy Refresh At-a-Glance document Read the Center’s white paper: Driving Health System Transformation - A Strategy for the CMS Innovation Center’s Second Decade Sign up for the CMMI listserv for details on future listening sessions, model updates, and more and follow us on Twitter

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